Lane
About Lane
Lane is a unisex name equally accessible to boys and girls. Breezy, cool and contemporary, it might equally put in mind country lanes and banks of wildflowers.
As a word name, Lane means "small roadway or path", however, it could easily be used as a nickname or diminutive of Delaney, ("dark river"), Elaine ("shining torch"), or similar. Currently as a given name, it is used nearly 14 times more often on boys than it is on girls, however, the Layne spelling is used more evenly, the Laine form leans feminine, and Lainey is a Top 1000 choice for girls.
As a common surname, Lane is attached to such celebrities as Diane and Nathan, while as a given name, it it used in the English translated version of the novel Concerning My Daughter by Hye-Jin Kim.
Pronounced LANE.
As of October 2026, Lane ranked #1805 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1305 in 1982, Nameberry popularity #881.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,764 | 63 | 35.3 |
| 2015 | #2,022 | 98 | 54.9 |
| 2016 | #2,239 | 86 | 48.5 |
| 2017 | #2,348 | 78 | 45.2 |
| 2018 | #2,199 | 85 | 50 |
| 2019 | #1,981 | 98 | 58.4 |
| 2020 | #1,866 | 104 | 64.3 |
| 2021 | #1,822 | 111 | 67.6 |
| 2022 | #1,736 | 120 | 73.2 |
| 2023 | #1,973 | 100 | 62.3 |
| 2024 | #2,177 | 87 | 53.7 |
| 2025 | #1,805 | 112 | 69.7 |
World rankings
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Lane on lists
Famous Lanes
- Lane Brody (born Lynn Voorlas)
American country music singer
- The Lane Sisters
American singers and actress
- Diane Lane
American actress
- Martha Lane Fox
Baroness Lane,Fox of Soho, British businesswoman
- Ava Lane Busby
the first born of the Busby quintuplets
Lane in pop culture
- Lane Kim
Rory's best friend on TV's "Gilmore Girls."
- Lane Daniels
character in movie "Beauty and the Briefcase"
- Lane Bryant
plus,size clothing chain
- Lois Lane
character in the Superman series